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FIRE AGENCY INFORMATION
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"Relieving the financial stress of the recruitment process™"
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NOTE-If you are a candidate looking for information, you're in the wrong place. Please click here!!
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| The major advantage of utilizing FIREHIRE® Inc. as an recruitment source over the existing fire service recruiting method, is that we provide the following services but with dramatic savings, more control, and less risk. |
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ADVERTISING
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| FIREHIRE® Inc. will handle all of the advertising, with the exception of the newspaper advertisements, which shall be accomplished by each respective agency when there is a position to be filled. FIREHIRE® Inc. will advertise in the following media: |
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California State Firefighters' Association Magazine |
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International Fire/Police Recruitment Association |
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FIREHOUSE Magazine |
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National Directory of Emergency Services |
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Web Site Advertising via Internet (www.firehire.com) |
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Public Safety Recruitment |
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Perfect Firefighter Candidate |
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FireEmployment.com |
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Western Fire Association |
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Careers in the Fire Service |
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Agency Specific Diversity Resources |
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| FIREHIRE® Inc. will continue to contact the following agencies by direct mail advertising and/or oral presentations: |
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California-State Firefighter-1 Academies |
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California Colleges with Fire Science or Technology Programs |
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Emergency Medical Technician-1/Paramedic Programs |
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Women in the Fire Service
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State-wide Fire Service Agencies (paid and volunteer)
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Urban League
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Employment Development Department (America's Job Bank)
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Asian Weekly
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Hispanic Hot line
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| CANDIDATE INQUIRIES |
| FIREHIRE® Inc. will handle all inquiries from candidates concerning the application process, job requirements, testing process, and individual agency specifications. These specifications include agency demographics (such as the number of annual responses), pay scale, health care benefits, educational benefits, retirement plans, and departmental goals and objectives. |
| CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS |
| FIREHIRE® Inc. will distribute, collect, screen, and process all applications. We will establish a database with all the appropriate information from the candidates' application packet. This database will include a statistical breakdown for gender and ethnic background, EMT certification, and fire service certifications. |
| EXAMINATION SET-UP EXPENSES |
| FIREHIRE® Inc. requires that the hosting agency provide a facility to administer the written, physical ability and practical exercises. We have found that the hosting agency has the local resources available. |
| LIABILITY/LITIGATION COVERAGE |
| FIREHIRE® Inc. is covered by a general liability insurance policy which will absorb up to and including $4,000,000.00 from any possible litigation which may arise through the examination process. We also have $1,000,000.00 Professional Liability insurance coverage. FIREHIRE® Inc. will also absorb the related court costs, attorney fees, fines, etc. This will alleviate some of the burden on the individual agencies since most public service agencies are self-insured. |
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EXAMINATION PROCESS
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FIREHIRE® Inc. administers a complete, comprehensive, content-validated entry-level firefighter examination process. This process includes:
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| WRITTEN EXAMINATION |
| FIREHIRE® Inc. will administer the written portion of the examination process. This alleviates problems inherent with scheduling, organizing, and administering an examination process. Our written examination process utilizes the "classic" content validation criteria from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions' Uniform Guideline for Employee Selection Procedures from the Federal Register (§ 29 CFR). See Appendix "A" for detailed information on the validation criteria, and Appendix "B" for a description of the written examination. |
| EMT-PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT CENTER (VIDEOTAPED) |
| The candidates will be administered a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians® Advanced Level Practical Examination, requiring EMT-P intervention. This is a "hands-on" exercise. The candidates will be video-taped during the assessment and treatment phase. This test procedure is weighed pass/fail, but the scores will be available to the respective agencies. A study sheet of the required procedures will be distributed prior to the candidate(s) scheduled test date. See Appendix "C" for more details on this portion of the examination process. |
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FIREHIRE® Inc. leaves the most important phase of the testing process, the oral examination to your agency.
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